OUTMissed 4 straight team games
Nick Blankenburg
Toronto Maple Leafs · #3 · Defenseman · age 28 · 5'9" · 177 lb · shoots RBorn 🇺🇸 Washington, Michigan · Undrafted
1 point in 6 games — 159th of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
0HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 0% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game 11 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
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FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Cooling: 33 after the game against UTA, 0 now — still hotter than 0% of defensemen (average defenseman 15).
Now 0 · −33 over these 6 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
0 points in 5 games — below his own pace (0.8 per 5).
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Assists | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | — |
| Points | 0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Shots | 5 | 5 | 6 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 16.7% | 6.3% | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | −4 | −2.5 | +0.0 | −1 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 12:28 | 13:05 | 18:32 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22 | vs NYR | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 11:27 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs SJS | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:16 | 12 |
| Oct 17 | vs NYI | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 13:39 | 13 |
| Oct 15 | vs BUF | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 15:37 | 14 |
| Oct 13 | @ UTA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 11:21 | 33 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points159th of 228 defensemen1leader 
Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals56th of 228 defensemen1leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists196th of 228 defensemen0leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots182nd of 228 defensemen6leader Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points63rd of 228 defensemen0leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus167th of 228 defensemen−3leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game202nd of 228 defensemen13:05leader 
Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
Separates in: goals (84th). Below the middle: power-play points (0th), assists (0th).
■ Blankenburg this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 14 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 24 in 2025–26.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | TOR | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | −3 |
| 2025–26 |  COL | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.25 | +1 |
| 2025–26 · best |  NSH | 49 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0.43 | −11 |
| 2024–25 | NSH | 60 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.27 | −2 |
| 2023–24 | CBJ | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | +1 |
| 2022–23 | CBJ | 36 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.39 | −16 |
| 2021–22 | CBJ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.43 | −3 |